notes for 2305

Notes for 2305
Schedule

Week One:
- Introduction.
- Natural Rights and the Declaration of Independence.

Week Two: The U.S. Constitution – Principles
- The United States Constitution.
- Constitutional Principles

Week Three: The U.S. Legislature - Constitutional Design
- The Legislature: Definition and Historical Background.
- The Legislature - United States Constitutional Design

Week Four: The Power of the Purse
- Budgeting
- Economic Policymaking

Week Five: The U.S. Executive - Constitutional Design
- The Executive: Definition and Historical Background
- The Executive: US Constitutional Design
- The White House

Week Six: The Power of the Sword
- The Bureaucracy
- Foreign Policymaking

Week Seven: The U.S. Judiciary - Constitutional Design
- The Judiciary: Definition and Historical Background.
- The Judiciary: Constitutional Design.

Week Eight: Judicial Review, Rights and Liberties
- The Judiciary - Judicial Review and the Current Court
- Federalist 84, Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights.
- Civil Rights and The Equal Protection Clause.

Week Nine: The Social Safety Net
- Social Security
- Health Care Policy

Week Ten: Elections
- Elections.

Week Eleven: Political Parties
- Political Parties.

Week Twelve: Freedom of Speech and Public Opinion
- The Freedom of Speech and Public Opinion.

Week Thirteen: Freedom of the Press and the Media
- The Freedom of the Press and the Media.

Week Fourteen: Freedom of Assembly and Interest Groups
- The Freedom to Peacefully Assemble and to Petition Government for a Redress of Grievances and Interests Groups.

Week Fifteen: Freedom of Petition and Lobbying